1. Zohar on Genesis, on blue paper printed by Rabbi Dov Beer ben YisraelSegel and Rabbi Dov Beer ben Pesach in Slavita. 1804. Originally [3], 256, [8] pages. Copy before us is missing the first 3 pages—the cover and a number of lone pages, not checked.
2. Seder Taharot, with commentary of the Ra’av, Tosafot Yom Tov and older Tosafot—printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira of Slavita. 1824 or 1830. Copy before us is 2-223 pages, cover and a number of lone pages missing that haven’t been checked.
No bindings, variable conditions, various wear and tear, not checked thoroughly.

Cover with red ink, various notes on the cover page, including signatures of “Refael,” additional clearer signature on the last page, looks like the “Refael ben L’Mendel of Seflik,” who was the son-in-law of the KatavSofer, Gaon Rabbi RefaelHaLeviDeutch, son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Naprad, who married his rabbi’s daughter (Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the KatavSofer). RavDeutch settled in Seflak (you may read about him in the book “The ChatamSofer and His Students,” p. 538). Printed by RavDov Ber ben YisraelSegel and Dov Beer ben Pesach, Slavita. 1, 172 pages. Tears in the corners, some pages are missing text, cover is a little worn, rebound. Generally ok to good condition.

Cover with red ink. On the cover and the back of the cover are 2 types of stamps of the Beit Midrash MashokTimpesht. Paltisheni. Includes the cover page and blank inside first page, and pages 2-4. Ok to good condition. Moth damage.

From the Talmud Bavli, printed by the partners, the grandsons of the SlavitaRav, Rabbi HaninaLifa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira. 2 covers with red ink. The cover of Shavuot is a little defective, signature of ownership of S. Kook (perhaps the rabbi of Tiberias, RavSimchahHaKohen Kook, or one of his family members). Stamp of the Knesset YisraelSlobodka Yeshiva Library of Hevron—made with a marker and listed “loaned.” Additional stamp “belongs to the synagogue of the KolelWalin, Tiberias.” Back of the cover has a listing “in memory of Rav Nachman bar Avraham Menachem Segel, killed in service of Hashem in Hevron in 1929. Moth holes, stains, and various tears. Generally good condition. Original binding is defective.

Book by Rabbi Haim Vittel, printed in Jerusalem by RavYisraelBak, 1873. Partially missing copy, this copy goes from pages 1-85. Dedication on the page before the cover by Rabbi SassonPrasiado, on the family tree of the Maharhav. No binding, pages disconnected, wear and tear. Generally good condition.

The book is an exegesis on the family tree of the Maharhav by the kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Moshe YeshuaPatya (1859-1942), a great kabbalist and sage of Babylon. Student of the Ben Ish Hai in Baghdad. After he moved to Jerusalem in 1934 he studied at the kabbalist yeshiva of RavHaSadeh, together with his friend Rabbi Yaakov Haim Sofer, the KafHaHayyim. He was a teacher and kabbalist, who dealt a lot with tikkunim and amulets, and over the years worked to free dybbuks and evil spirits, as he tells in his book “HaRuchotMesaprot.” During World War II he authored prayers and tikkunim, and organized prayer ceremonies of great kabbalists to save the people of Israel from the awful events of Europe. Authored Beit Lehem Yehuda, MatokLaNefesh, and additional books. This edition of the book was printed during his lifetime. Printed by Haim Zuckerman, Yehuda Amram Itach. Generally good condition.

Benayahu first section, Jerusalem 1905. Ben Yehoyada, second section 1899 and third section 1900. The three books are bound together in one volume. They were written by the Gaon Rabbeinu Yosef Haim of Baghdad, known as the Ben Ish Hai, and deal with exegesis on aggadot of Chazal in the Shas. The books were written during the author’s lifetime, before he died in 1909. Separate covers for each book. Gilded letters on the cover. Printed by YadFromkin. Generally good condition. The cover of Benayahu is partially missing the top half.

Published by Or Chadash and Tzemach Tzaddik yeshiva. By Rav Yitzhak Alfia with his stamp, and an additional handwritten dedication to Rav Shalom Haim Tzarom. 48 pages, 208 sheets; 64 pages, 168 sheets. Generally very good condition. Rabbi Yitzhak Alfia (1878-1955) was born in Aleppo, was a rabbi and dayan, a kabbalist of Jerusalem, founder of the Or Chadash and Tzemach Tzaddik yeshiva, reinstituted the custom of Ta’aniyotDibbur during the first six weeks of Shmot. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu said about him that he was one of the 36 tzadikkim of the generation. Rav Shalom Haim Tzarom (1893-1973) was born in Jerusalem, grandson of Rabbi Shalom Yosef Araki, served as Av Beit Din of the Yemenite community in Jerusalem and was one of the leading figures of the Sefardi and Yemenite Va’ad in Jerusalem.

Includes years from 1439 until the end of the world, by Rabbi Issachar Even-Shushan. According to the introduction written by the author for the second edition and printed by himself in Venice, 1579, the book before us originates in a manuscript that was stolen from him and printed without his permission. Sections are filled in by hand on four pages. Some of the pages are in bad condition, burnt margins in most of the pages, not bound, damage and wear. Detached pages.

Halachot and minhagim from the Rishonim. By one of the great rishonim, printed by Georgi di Kabali. A foundational book of halacha, widely accepted among Jews. Deals with brachot, prayers, minhageishabbatot and holidays, marriage, funding, food, and mourning. Includes one of the earliest exegeses on the Pesach Haggadah. The book is attributed to the Rivash, but the Hida rejects this possibility. There are those who say that Rabbi AharonHaKohen of Lunil wrote it, and in the book KorehHaDorot he writes that there are those who say a learned woman wrote it. | Listings and signatures of ownership, among them an ancient Mizrahi handwriting. | Moth damage, binding and page 4 are missing. Generally ok condition.

By Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Keudenover. Hebrew with the Yiddish translation on every page. 105 pages (first section). Stains and wear and tear, tears that have been taped in a number of places. Generally good condition.

With Rashi, the Yiddish translation. Miniature edition in four volumes. Translation into Yiddish is a continuation of the book Tze’inav’Re’ina, on the Torah, by the same author (Rabbi Yaakov Mianov). For this edition, the text underwent linguistic editing, and the words are not identical to previous editions. Before us are two volumes, the first volume with Yehoshua and Shoftim with the cover and last page missing and the binding disconnected. The second volume is on Kings I and II, with missing cover. Agudat Shmuel is a composition by the publisher Rabbi Shmuel Dlogash, printed for the first time with this edition (collection from sources and various compositions, most not known from a different source, like “glosses of Rabbi Ovadia HaNavi,” Sod Meisharim, EmekHaShem, and more. This collection was included in parentheses inside Rashi’s commentary, was republished a number of times, but there was criticism of it since it was included within Rashi’s commentary. These additions were partially included in many editions of Rashi and sometimes were even mixed in and attributed to Rashi himself (see H. Liberman, OhelRahel, 1, pages 310-329). Generally good condition, original bindings.

Drashot on the Torah by Rabbi Meir ben Levi of Zolkva, second edition. Missing the cover page and page 4, no binding, much moth damage with damage to text. Generally bad to ok condition. Number of listings written by hand in a number of places.